On Thursday, the proposal for increasing UC tuition was approved by UC Regents, according to news sources such as LA Times and Newsweek. The proposal to increase UC tuition by 5% each year was first announced at the beginning of November. Under this proposal, by 2019, UC tuition could be as much as $15,564. The UC tuition increase was stated to be a response to budget concerns, the increased student
Originally, the tuition for UC colleges had been frozen for the last 3 years. However, a few days ago, the UC system announced a plan to raise tuition by as much as 5% for the next few years. What is the increased tuition supposed to cover for UCs? Costs for employees Costs to cover a greater number of Californian students How will the UC tuition change if it
Most colleges see great benefits in having a mix of in-state and out-of-state students. However, due to increased fears about college admissions from Californians, the University of California colleges are taking another look at the number of out-of-state students on their campuses. So what are the benefits and the disadvantages of out-of-state students in UCs? Pros Greater diversity of voices and cultures on campus Stable funds for school budget (in-state
What’s bright and blue and shiny all over? Professor Shuji Nakamura could probably tell you. Shuji Nakamura is a professor of materials and of electrical and computer engineering at UC Santa Barbara. Last week, he was given the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of blue light-emitting diodes. These blue light-emitting diodes are valuable because they allow for a greater energy-saving light source. The Nobel Prize in Physics
In the year 2020, UC Davis expects an increase of 5,000 undergraduate students to its campus. In-state, out-of-state, and exchange students are all counted in the 5,000 student figure. To prepare for this expected increase of students, some significant changes were recently made to the UC Davis campus: 1. For housing, 150 triple rooms were added to the residence halls of Tercero 2. An additional 800 seats were added in
As news sites like LA Times (“California Students Feel UC Admission Squeeze”) and San Jose Mercury News (“UC admission harder than ever for Californians”) have noted in April, an increasing number of Californian applicants were not accepted to their UCs of choice. Especially for coveted schools like UC Berkeley and UCLA, competition between applicants was fierce. For Fall 2014, UCLA received 86,521 applicants and UC Berkeley received 73,771. For the
